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Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months (%) by country

Countries reporting
191
Highest
79.5%
Yemen
Lowest
6.1%
United States of America
Median
27.1%
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,200

What the numbers show

Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months (%) is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 79.5% in Yemen; the lowest is 6.1% in United States of America.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.1%, and the mean is 33.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 30.1%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 62.9%).

Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 79.5% 2019 down 0.9% flat
2 Mali 79.0% 2019 down 3.4% falling
3 Burkina Faso 76.6% 2019 down 12.1% falling
4 Guinea 73.8% 2019 down 3.3% falling
5 Central African Republic 73.6% 2019 down 5.6% falling
6 Sierra Leone 73.4% 2019 down 6.0% falling
7 Togo 72.4% 2019 down 1.6% falling
8 Liberia 72.3% 2019 up 1.3% falling
9 Côte d'Ivoire 72.2% 2019 down 3.2% falling
10 Niger 72.0% 2019 down 8.3% falling
11 Benin 71.0% 2019 down 3.9% falling
12 Nigeria 68.9% 2019 down 5.7% falling
13 Mozambique 68.2% 2019 up 4.1% falling
14 Guinea-Bissau 68.0% 2019 down 7.9% falling
15 Senegal 67.9% 2019 down 12.5% falling
16 Chad 66.3% 2019 down 12.1% falling
17 Mauritania 65.5% 2019 down 6.8% falling
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 64.9% 2019 down 7.2% falling
19 Equatorial Guinea 64.3% 2019 down 7.5% falling
20 Angola 62.4% 2019 up 1.1% falling
21 Congo 60.8% 2019 down 6.9% falling
22 South Sudan 60.5% 2019 up 0.2% falling
23 Haiti 60.1% 2019 down 4.8% falling
24 Ghana 59.5% 2019 down 17.0% falling
25 Cameroon 59.2% 2019 down 8.4% falling
26 Sao Tome and Principe 58.8% 2019 down 5.3% falling
27 Burundi 58.0% 2019 up 9.2% falling
28 Gabon 57.9% 2019 down 9.1% falling
29 Tanzania, United Republic of 56.1% 2019 down 11.5% falling
30 Malawi 55.1% 2019 down 16.4% falling
30 Zambia 55.1% 2019 up 0.2% falling
32 Comoros 53.9% 2019 down 2.9% falling
33 India 53.4% 2019 down 11.9% falling
34 Pakistan 53.0% 2019 down 10.6% falling
35 Gambia 52.3% 2019 down 27.2% falling
36 Ethiopia 52.1% 2019 down 1.0% falling
37 Djibouti 52.0% 2019 down 2.4% falling
38 Somalia 51.8% 2019 down 13.7% falling
39 Uganda 51.7% 2019 down 15.5% falling
40 Lesotho 51.4% 2019 up 4.5% flat
41 Sudan 50.8% 2019 down 4.9% falling
42 Myanmar 49.6% 2019 down 1.8% falling
43 Madagascar 49.5% 2019 down 7.0% falling
44 Kiribati 49.4% 2019 down 7.1% flat
45 Cambodia 49.0% 2019 down 12.8% falling
46 Eritrea 48.8% 2019 down 3.6% falling
47 Papua New Guinea 46.7% 2019 down 5.8% falling
48 Timor-Leste 46.3% 2019 up 3.1% falling
49 Namibia 46.1% 2019 up 0.7% flat
50 Afghanistan 44.9% 2019 up 2.3% falling
51 Bhutan 44.7% 2019 down 18.7% falling
52 Nepal 44.6% 2019 down 7.7% falling
53 South Africa 44.4% 2019 up 19.4% flat
54 Cape Verde 44.1% 2019 down 13.4% falling
55 Botswana 43.3% 2019 up 15.5% flat
56 Bangladesh 43.1% 2019 down 7.9% falling
57 Kenya 42.8% 2019 up 5.2% falling
58 Eswatini 42.7% 2019 down 5.7% falling
59 Tuvalu 41.9% 2019 down 16.9% falling
60 Naoero 41.8% 2019 down 12.2% falling
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.4% 2019 down 4.6% falling
62 Fiji 39.9% 2019 down 1.5% rising
63 Marshall Islands 39.5% 2019 down 8.1% flat
64 Indonesia 38.4% 2019 up 2.4% falling
65 Solomon Islands 38.1% 2019 down 15.3% falling
66 Rwanda 37.9% 2019 down 9.5% falling
67 Maldives 37.8% 2019 up 13.2% falling
67 Zimbabwe 37.8% 2019 down 25.6% falling
69 Tajikistan 37.0% 2019 up 10.8% falling
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 36.9% 2019 down 31.4% falling
71 Micronesia, Federated States of 36.7% 2019 down 3.9% flat
72 Niue 36.3% 2019 down 7.6% flat
73 Samoa 35.5% 2019 down 3.5% rising
74 Algeria 34.3% 2019 down 2.6% falling
75 Tonga 34.0% 2019 unchanged rising
76 Palau 33.5% 2019 down 8.0% falling
77 Kyrgyzstan 33.4% 2019 down 5.4% falling
78 Turkmenistan 33.1% 2019 up 4.4% falling
79 Syrian Arab Republic 32.9% 2019 up 7.5% flat
80 Jordan 32.7% 2019 up 6.9% flat
81 Egypt 32.2% 2019 down 16.1% falling
82 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 31.6% 2019 down 4.0% falling
83 Vanuatu 31.0% 2019 down 10.1% falling
84 Albania 30.9% 2019 up 29.8% falling
85 Mauritius 30.7% 2019 up 15.4% flat
86 Seychelles 30.6% 2019 up 12.5% rising
87 Morocco 30.4% 2019 down 5.9% falling
87 Tunisia 30.4% 2019 up 0.7% falling
89 Dominica 29.8% 2019 up 6.8% rising
90 Peru 29.6% 2019 down 27.6% falling
91 Iraq 29.4% 2019 down 3.0% falling
92 Guyana 29.3% 2019 down 20.6% falling
93 Paraguay 27.9% 2019 down 12.3% falling
93 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 27.9% 2019 up 6.9% falling
95 Dominican Republic 27.8% 2019 down 7.9% falling
96 Romania 27.1% 2019 down 15.3% falling
97 Republic of Moldova 27.0% 2019 down 4.9% falling
97 Cook Islands 27.0% 2019 down 7.5% falling
99 Libya 26.6% 2019 down 5.3% falling
100 Iran, Islamic Republic of 26.5% 2019 down 16.1% falling
101 Honduras 26.2% 2019 down 23.2% falling
102 Ukraine 25.6% 2019 up 6.2% falling
103 Sri Lanka 25.1% 2019 down 5.3% falling
103 Uruguay 25.1% 2019 up 5.0% flat
105 Thailand 24.9% 2019 up 1.6% falling
106 Azerbaijan 24.8% 2019 down 25.3% falling
107 Georgia 24.6% 2019 down 7.5% falling
107 Malaysia 24.6% 2019 up 23.6% rising
107 El Salvador 24.6% 2019 down 0.4% rising
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.3% 2019 up 1.7% falling
110 Oman 24.3% 2019 down 23.6% falling
112 Bulgaria 24.1% 2019 down 5.9% falling
113 Slovakia 23.7% 2019 up 9.2% flat
114 Grenada 23.6% 2019 down 1.7% flat
114 Jamaica 23.6% 2019 down 11.3% falling
116 Ecuador 23.5% 2019 down 13.3% falling
117 Bahrain 23.4% 2019 up 1.7% falling
118 Kazakhstan 23.0% 2019 down 15.4% falling
119 Trinidad and Tobago 22.9% 2019 down 17.3% falling
119 Viet Nam 22.9% 2019 up 1.8% falling
121 Lebanon 22.8% 2019 up 6.0% falling
122 Saint Lucia 22.5% 2019 unchanged flat
123 Qatar 22.4% 2019 down 0.9% falling
124 Colombia 22.2% 2019 down 17.5% falling
125 Russian Federation 21.9% 2019 down 8.0% falling
125 Uzbekistan 21.9% 2019 down 36.2% falling
127 Saudi Arabia 21.8% 2019 down 6.8% falling
128 Mexico 21.7% 2019 down 15.6% falling
128 Mongolia 21.7% 2019 down 8.1% falling
130 Nicaragua 20.9% 2019 up 17.4% falling
131 United Arab Emirates 20.4% 2019 up 5.2% flat
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20.4% 2019 down 13.9% falling
131 North Macedonia 20.4% 2019 down 5.6% falling
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.3% 2019 down 16.8% falling
135 Belize 20.2% 2019 down 14.4% falling
135 Croatia 20.2% 2019 up 7.4% flat
137 Chile 20.1% 2019 up 3.6% flat
138 Barbados 20.0% 2019 down 9.5% falling
138 Brunei Darussalam 20.0% 2019 up 18.3% rising
140 Kuwait 19.8% 2019 up 13.1% flat
141 Armenia 19.6% 2019 down 16.9% falling
142 Serbia 19.5% 2019 up 7.7% falling
143 Latvia 19.4% 2019 down 8.9% falling
144 Argentina 19.0% 2019 down 0.5% falling
144 Costa Rica 19.0% 2019 down 0.5% falling
146 China 18.8% 2019 down 3.6% falling
147 Czechia 18.7% 2019 up 16.9% rising
148 Slovenia 18.2% 2019 up 8.3% flat
149 Cuba 18.1% 2019 down 22.3% falling
149 Hungary 18.1% 2019 down 1.1% falling
151 Estonia 18.0% 2019 down 2.2% falling
152 Bahamas 17.9% 2019 down 6.8% falling
153 Belarus 17.8% 2019 down 1.7% falling
153 Lithuania 17.8% 2019 down 1.1% falling
155 Belgium 17.4% 2019 up 20.0% rising
155 Malta 17.4% 2019 up 16.8% rising
157 Antigua and Barbuda 17.2% 2019 down 18.1% falling
158 Greece 16.7% 2019 up 24.6% rising
158 Japan 16.7% 2019 up 9.9% rising
160 Panama 16.0% 2019 down 39.2% falling
161 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.5% 2019 up 13.1% rising
161 Netherlands 15.5% 2019 up 25.0% rising
163 New Zealand 15.3% 2019 up 23.4% rising
164 Germany 15.1% 2019 up 28.0% rising
165 Korea 15.0% 2019 up 8.7% flat
166 Italy 14.9% 2019 up 22.1% rising
167 France 14.7% 2019 up 30.1% rising
167 Montenegro 14.7% 2019 down 19.7% falling
169 Austria 14.6% 2019 up 17.7% rising
169 Spain 14.6% 2019 up 17.7% rising
169 Sweden 14.6% 2019 up 20.7% rising
172 Cyprus 14.5% 2019 up 13.3% rising
172 Denmark 14.5% 2019 up 16.0% rising
174 Israel 14.3% 2019 up 15.3% flat
174 Monaco 14.3% 2019 up 19.2% rising
174 Portugal 14.3% 2019 up 15.3% flat
177 Andorra 14.1% 2019 up 13.7% rising
177 Ireland 14.1% 2019 up 15.6% rising
179 Switzerland 14.0% 2019 up 25.0% rising
180 Norway 13.5% 2019 up 15.4% rising
180 Philippines 13.5% 2019 down 41.3% falling
180 Singapore 13.5% 2019 up 19.5% rising
183 Australia 13.3% 2019 up 14.7% rising
184 Canada 13.2% 2019 up 26.9% rising
185 San Marino 12.8% 2019 up 13.3% flat
186 Finland 11.8% 2019 up 18.0% rising
187 Luxembourg 11.7% 2019 up 24.5% rising
188 Brazil 11.6% 2019 down 38.0% falling
189 Iceland 11.0% 2019 up 17.0% rising
190 Guatemala 9.8% 2019 down 62.9% falling
191 United States of America 6.1% 2019 up 5.2% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
210 places, 4,200 data points, 2000–2019
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